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2015 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 2, 2015 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolution Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1282 Administrative Process Act; disciplinary proceedings.
- SB 691 Vote centers; pilot program.
- SB 738 Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; open enrollment period for certain members of VRS.
- SB 747 Absentee voting; application for ballot.
- SB 801 Clean energy; financing programs, development of underwriting guidelines.
- SB 816 Absentee voting; reason for application.
- SB 840 Congressional and state legislative districts.
- SB 842 School budget; preparation and approval by county.
- SB 843 Claims; Jonathan Christopher Montgomery.
- SB 866 Health insurance; school board allowed to elect to have employees & retirees to receive state plan.
- SB 868 Water or sewer systems; delinquent payment of rates and charges.
- SB 894 Community Integration Advisory Commission; expands membership, extends sunset provision.
- SB 977 Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; open enrollment period.
- SB 978 Virginia Retirement System; participation in Plan One.
- SB 1014 Suffolk, City of; amending charter, appointment of members of board of equalization & school board.
- SB 1037 Green job creation tax credit; sunset.
- SB 1062 Presidential elections; number of officers of election and ballot scanner machines.
- SB 1136 Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; powers and duties, effect of administrative rules.
- SB 1173 Virginia Retirement System; revocation of participation by Town of Damascus.
- SB 1205 Recyclable materials; changes tax credit by extending expiration date to January 1, 2020.
- SB 1257 Cash proffer for residential construction; sunset date.
- SB 1276 Roanoke, City of; amending charter, appointment of director of finance.
- SB 1335 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- SB 1336 Sales and use tax; exemption includes gold, silver, & platinum whose sales price exceeds $1,000.
- SB 1355 Local planning commission; action on proposed plat.
- SB 1364 Income tax, corporate; apportionment of income for manufacturers, exemptions.
- SB 1399 Political candidates; repeals personal income tax credit for contributions.
- SB 1448 Community development authorities; tax levied or assessment imposed by locality.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1132 Concealed handgun; possession on school property prohibited.
- SB 1137 Loaded rifle or shotgun; regulation of transportation.
- SB 785 Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 1017 Employment applications; inquiries regarding criminal arrests, charges, or convictions.
- SB 1211 Gender-specific references; revisions to certain terms in the Code of Virginia.
- SB 719 Elections; absentee voting by persons age 65 or older.
- SB 797 Photo-monitoring systems; enforcement.
- SB 1076 Elections; date of June primary elections.
- SB 1089 Constitutional office; filling a vacancy.
- SB 1092 General registrars; reassigning duties of the electoral board.
- SB 1103 Disposable plastic shopping bags; distribution prohibited, local option.
- SB 1248 Volunteer property maintenance & zoning inspectors; City of Charlottesville may use to issue notice.
- SB 1351 Polling place; authorized representative of political party permitted, handheld wireless devices.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 750 Hospitals; required notice to patients.
- SB 753 Trooper Andrew Fox Memorial Bridge; designating as New River Bridge on Interstate 81.
- SB 776 Physical therapy; certain experience and referrals required to practice.
- SB 778 Motor fuels; vehicles hauling certain fuels during times of necessitous circumstances, report.
- SB 787 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend TO BE MUTUALLY HELPFUL TO ONE ANOTHER.
- SB 817 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
- SB 851 Hospital discharge procedures; designation of individual to receive information and instructions.
- SB 895 Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of; clarifies definition of embalming.
- SB 900 SOL; school divisions to determine date for assessments.
- SB 901 Nurses and nurse practitioners, registered and practical; restricted volunteer license.
- SB 923 Child support; court may order support for disabled child over age of 18.
- SB 944 Home health and hospice organizations; reporting requirements concerning health professionals.
- SB 951 Dead bodies; disposition of remains or burial of decedent.
- SB 963 Action for personal injury or wrongful death; appointment of administrator.
- SB 966 Temporary detention order; custody.
- SB 982 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit.
- SB 989 Forest products; establishes overweight permit for hauling, length limitations.
- SB 1036 Dependents of active duty military members; DMAS shall amend waiver eligibility criteria.
- SB 1058 Chiropractic schools; student training and practice.
- SB 1116 Standards of Learning; request of waiver to use alternative test for students with limited English.
- SB 1120 Medicine, Board of; requirements for licensure.
- SB 1148 Restricted driver's license; activities related to seeking employment.
- SB 1184 Missing persons; search and rescue.
- SB 1208 Urban system construction projects; City of Norfolk may receive funds for projects.
- SB 1220 Following too closely.
- SB 1227 Telemedicine services; provision of health care services.
- SB 1236 Special diplomas; eliminates the term.
- SB 1259 Salvage, nonrepairables, and rebuilt vehicles; requirements and practices of certain dealers.
- SB 1303 Trooper Donald E. Lovelace Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 134 bridge over U.S. Route 17.
- SB 1304 Trooper Garland Matthew Miller Memorial Bridge; designating as Barlow Road overpass over I 64.
- SB 1320 Public schools; accreditation ratings.
- SB 1358 Virginia Port Authority police powers.
- SB 1403 Home instruction; evidence of progress requirement for students.
- SB 1404 ABLE savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.
- SB 1411 Court costs; agreement with DMV authorizing collection of payment.
- SB 1430 Salvage license; salvage advertising and display.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1061 Electronic pollbooks; photographs and identifying information for each voter.
- SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- SB 793 Towing truck driver, etc.; prohibits occupants in motor vehicle while such vehicle is being towed.
- SB 803 Speed limits in school crossing zones; counties allowed to increase or decrease.
- SB 836 Motorcycles; standing on footpegs when dictated by safety concerns.
- SB 847 Interstate 73 Transportation Compact; created.
- SB 916 Diploma seals; BOE shall establish criteria for awarding.
- SB 956 Overheight vehicles; owner of vehicle to be fined for any damage.
- SB 1021 Instructional school hours; instructional time.
- SB 1122 Higher educational institutions; student mental health policies.
- SB 1280 Certificate of public need; State Health Commissioner to condition approval.
- SB 1297 Stalking; penalty.
- SB 1383 Home instruction; disclosure of personal information to Department of Education or other person.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 811 Chemical storage in the Commonwealth; protection of human health and the environment.
- SB 955 Industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
- SB 1034 Alcoholic beverage control; adds powdered or crystalline alcohol, penalty.
- SB 1111 People with Disabilities, Virginia Board for; membership, powers and duties.
- SB 1117 Child abuse or neglect, suspected; time period for investigation.
- SB 1123 Child care subsidy; license required.
- SB 1154 Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice.
- SB 1201 Stormwater; procedure for approval of dredging operations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
- SB 1203 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; Little Creek watershed removed from James River Basin.
- SB 1284 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs); replacement of tributary strategies.
- SB 1317 Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund; established.
- SB 1366 Coal mine safety; wide tracking and electric equipment shall maintain safe operating conditions.
- SB 1376 State park master plans; update schedule.
- SB 1412 Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited trade practices.
- SB 1413 Fees for testing and monitoring of land application of industrial wastes.
- SB 1423 Foster care; placement of children, local board shall request a search of Putative Father Registry.
- SB 1439 Vessel operation; law-enforcement officers prohibited from stopping, etc., without probable cause.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 693 Feral cats; trapping, neutering, and returning to site activity.
- SB 1071 Environmental Quality, Department of; raises civil penalties.
- SB 1107 Balloons; prohibits release into atmosphere.
- SB 1273 Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board relating to certain brewery personnel.
- SB 1381 Private animal shelter; clarifies purpose and definition.
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 226 Commemorating the 240th anniversary of George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights in 2016.
- SJ 228 Higher education; endorsement of SCHEV's statewide strategic plan, report.
- SJ 235 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; revenue sources, report.
- SJ 236 Auxiliary grant program; Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to study.
- SJ 237 Virginia Homeless Solutions Program; DHCD to study $500 asset cap.
- SJ 242 High-growth companies; VEDP Authority and DHCD to study program supporting.
- SJ 243 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- SJ 245 Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
- SJ 268 Medicaid; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- SJ 271 Biosolids and industrial residuals; SNR, et al., to review & evaluate impact on human health, etc.
- SJ 272 Virginia's water resource planning and management; JLARC to study.
- SJ 274 Virginia's manufacturing sector; JLARC to update 2006 study.
- SJ 280 Law-enforcement agencies; JLARC to study consolidation of certain state agencies.
- SJ 299 Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing for people reentering society.
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SJ 216 United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 233 Constitutional amendment; congressional and state legislative districts.
- SJ 238 Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights.
- SJ 252 United States Congress; application to call a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
- SJ 256 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools.
- SJ 269 U.S. Constitution; application for a convention of the states.
- SJ 278 Constitutional amendment; right to a secret ballot.
- SJ 288 Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 771 Toxic waste site; to inventory Department of Environmental Quality.
- SB 831 Criminal history record checks; barrier crimes.
- SB 1032 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, report, eliminates ABC Board.
- SB 1049 Regional jails; reimbursement of capital costs, regional contracts for cooperative jailing.
- SB 1054 Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families, State Executive Council for; regulations.
- SB 1055 Child welfare agencies; background checks, barrier crimes.
- SB 1168 Family day homes and child day centers; local government to report business licenses issued.
- SB 1230 ABC Board; regulation of distribution and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
- SB 1292 Sanitary districts; boat ramps, shoreline management, and dredging.
- SB 1300 Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.
- SB 1421 TANF; Back-to-School Supplies and Clothing Allowance Program.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1275 Veterans Care Center projects; funding of projects.
- HB 1276 Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center; funding of project.
- HB 1284 Branchville, Town of; amending charter, elections, terms of office of council members.
- HB 1285 Workers' compensation; definition of employee; property owners' associations.
- HB 1307 Public elementary and secondary schools; student identification numbers.
- HB 1331 Sheriff's office; clarifies motor vehicle markings.
- HB 1340 Tangible personal property tax relief; autocycles.
- HB 1345 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain light bulbs.
- HB 1357 Automobile and homeowners insurance policies; notices.
- HB 1364 Solid and semisolid industrial wastes; fees for testing and monitoring of land application.
- HB 1386 Disaster relief; assistance by out-of-state businesses and employees.
- HB 1392 Emergency contact program; DMV may establish.
- HB 1433 General registrars; reassigning duties of the electoral board.
- HB 1440 Alcoholic beverage control; ABC Board markups.
- HB 1451 Landlord and tenant laws; notice to terminate tenancy.
- HB 1452 Landlord and tenant law; who may recover rent or possession.
- HB 1459 Neighborhood assistance tax credits; eligibility of physician and health care specialists.
- HB 1460 Campaign finance reports; changes pre-election reporting period for certain reports.
- HB 1471 Affordable housing; City of Fairfax added to list of localities with authority to provide.
- HB 1475 Natural gas utilities; recovery and deferral of system expansion infrastructure costs.
- HB 1483 Real property assessment; valuation for land preservation.
- HB 1484 Schools; approval of annual budgets.
- HB 1507 Dan River; designating certain segment as State Scenic River.
- HB 1515 Maternity patients; information about safe sleep environments for infants.
- HB 1523 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; qualification for services related to WIA.
- HB 1532 Roanoke, City of; amending charter, appointment of director of finance, term of office.
- HB 1535 Tributary strategies; removes requirement for Secretary of Natural Resources to provide a report.
- HB 1536 Water Quality Improvement Act; references to obsolete tributary strategy plans.
- HB 1553 Local notifications; locality may by ordinance establish system to deliver to residents by email.
- HB 1558 Adult fatality review teams, local and regional; established, penalty.
- HB 1567 Tax-delinquent property; multijurisdictional sale.
- HB 1584 Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology.
- HB 1585 Schools failing to achieve full accreditation; scheduling flexibility.
- HB 1593 Parking in residential areas; localities may by ordinance permit in a public right-of-way.
- HB 1608 Local government; prohibits practices that would require contractors to provide benefits.
- HB 1616 Career and technical education; alignment with national certification requirements.
- HB 1625 Lovettsville, Town of; amending charter, updates boundaries, town powers, etc.
- HB 1626 Students receiving home instruction; participation in public school interscholastic programs.
- HB 1629 Financial institutions; a bank may establish & operate automated teller machines, service facility.
- HB 1632 Common Interest Community Board; duties.
- HB 1634 Farm winery; licensees allowed to manufacture wine containing 21% or less of alcohol by volume.
- HB 1642 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; representations related to special flood hazard areas.
- HB 1656 James City County; amending charter, director of planning.
- HB 1661 Virginia Information Technologies; contracts for private educational institutions.
- HB 1663 Buchanan, Town of; amending charter, powers and elections.
- HB 1681 Workplace safety; employer reporting requirements.
- HB 1701 Neighborhood assistance tax; tax credit percentage for business firm or an individual.
- HB 1704 Transient occupancy tax; Bland Co. added to list of counties that may impose tax at a rate up to 5%.
- HB 1711 Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of certain tax-delinquent property.
- HB 1716 Income tax, state; individual subtraction for income attributable to discharge of student loan.
- HB 1724 Forest products; revision of definition, changing of tax on all products.
- HB 1733 Prescription drug orders; delivery to PACE program facility.
- HB 1735 Optometrists, TPA-certified; administration of certain Schedule II drugs.
- HB 1737 Outsourcing facilities; new regulatory framework created for permitting.
- HB 1741 Income tax, state; subtraction for long-term capital gains, extends investment period.
- HB 1742 Self storage insurance; authority of unit lessors.
- HB 1747 Health insurance; mental health parity.
- HB 1768 Workplace safety; Voluntary Protection Program.
- HB 1800 Open-end lending by banks, savings institutions, etc.; determining grace period.
- HB 1803 Surface transportation and removal service; registration, manager of record.
- HB 1818 Health professions; regulation, updated terminology.
- HB 1821 Post-adoption services.
- HB 1878 Stock corporations and nonstock corporations; procedures.
- HB 1880 Workers' compensation; financing Uninsured Employer's Fund.
- HB 1891 Capital outlay plan; creates a six-year plan.
- HB 1971 General Assembly; vacancies, special elections.
- HB 2047 Income tax refunds; voluntary contributions to Federation of Virginia Food Banks.
- HB 2059 Limited partnerships; admission or withdrawal of partners.
- HB 2176 Virginia Stock Corporation Act and Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; updates terminology.
- HB 2209 Partnerships; general formation.
House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HJ 507 National Day of the Cowboy; designating as fourth Saturday in July 2015, and each year thereafter.
- HJ 521 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; designating certain areas in the Commonwealth.
- HJ 527 Virginia Caregivers Month; designating as November 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 533 Gum Disease Awareness Month; designating as February 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 566 Lewis & Clark Eastern Legacy Trail; designating as portion of Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
- HJ 593 Losing Loved Ones in a Tragic Accident Month; designating as August 2015, and each year thereafter.
- HJ 600 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; designating as April 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 606 Maternal Mental Health Month; designating as May 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 607 National Atomic Veterans Day; designating as July 16, 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 638 Kinship Caregivers of Children Month; designating as September 2015, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 641 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution; designating as January 30, 2016.
- HJ 692 Farm-to-School Week; designating as first full week in October 2015, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 693 Tax Withholding and Employer Contribution Awareness Month; designating as March 2016.